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Fun fact 3 about Caracas

Caracas desde el ávila
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The altitude of Caracas varies between 870 and 1,043 meters (2,854 and 3,422 ft) above sea level.

Caracas
Venezuela
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Caracas

Venezuela

Country
Venezuela
Population
2.9M
Coordinates
10.48, -66.90
99th most populous city in the world

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. It is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of Venezuela, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range.

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